Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

elowos to consrsgats and people who
ws'ked Along the streets leading to the Jail
"ere Kept moving. It was . good.natured
reli.dressed crowd, and not . word was
nearo That could be interpreted a. an at
.Smpt TO create excitement. At 10 O'Clock
!nere we're fully 10000 persons surround
lDg tne police. but all were kept moving, sx-
seps where they congregated two blocks
rom the jail and stood in groups watching
tns solnbre building. At the moment the
Tap iell a the building and word reached
ene OUTSIDE, hall q dozen incidents occurred
20 throw the crowded streets into the Wild
ess excitement. As the throngs were
crowdingt forward east of Chicago Avenue
the patrol came dashine down on the crowd
at full speed with gong ringing. Shouts and
cries arose from the multitude, which, di.
vioing into halves, rushed upon the walks
with crushing force. Through this passage
THE WAGON yLEw
to the corner OF Kinsie street. where it On.
countered a mass OF struggling beings that
could not give way. In the centre oil this
crush ball q dosen policemen were strup.
Cling with q prisoner, endeavoring to clear
an exit. The arrest OF this man had been
the source OF the excitement. and the rush
OF people was uncomfortable. The pris-
oner had attracted attention BY loud and
iosurrectionary remarks he delivered from
the curb OF Clark and Kiuzie streets.
Officer Clarity, OF the day squad, pushed
through the crowd, and seising the orator
by the shoulders, showed him along with
instructions to move on. As he did
SO the officer struck the man
across the hips with his club. The
blow gave back a shap metallic sound that
could come from neither flesh nor clothing.
Instantly the man whirled and whipped q
large revolver from his hip pocket. Just
as quickly Officer Smith, also OF the day
squad, seized the man, wrenchsd the
pist oil from his hand and administered an
open handed blow upon the mans ear. In
the vigorous clutches of the officer the
was dragged to the patrol box amid
concentrating crowds and swelling tumalt.
"HuRRAH' CALL
was sent and it was in response to this
that the patrol wagon dashed up. To
complete the confusion at this instant q
a powerful double team OF horses drawing a
heavy hide wagon took fright at some point
east OF Dearborn avenue and came driver
less and with trailing reins, westward and
into the crowd. A line Of armed policemen
across Kinzie street at Dearborn
avenue offered all the resistance in their
power. but the terrified animals scattered
them like chaff and plunging through the
ropes dashed onward. As they few across
crowd
TERRIBLE CATASTRoPHB
seemed imminent but the police finally
succeeded in bringing them to. The crowd
aroused by this succession of
events, broke into the widest |
in the effort to escape from the
,cene of peril. The police then fixed
upon the crowd stopping just short OF
hem and forcing the people back with the
butts of the guns. The effect of this was
and Kinzie street was soon
cleared without any casualties. The
that had caused a portion OF this
disorder was locked up at the station
where he said his name was Edward Luce,
If Logansport. Ind, a brakeman. He was
for disorderly conduct, carrying
concealed weapons and assaulting an
,ficer.
AFTER THE ANGLING |
he centre Of attraction was transferred to
avenue. At 1876 Milwaukee
venue, the bodies OF Lingg and Engel were
prepared for the grave. The l~atter's
were placed in q neat black cloth
casket and taken to q little
millinery store at 2S6 Milwaukee avenue,
where the widow and brother Of Engel
waited for them. An eager curious crowd
lung around the shop. Fully a hundred
,ersons followed the black wagon that
transferred the remains TO Fngel's home.
People showed and pushed and crowded to
ct sight of the store in the rear OF which
4ingg's body lay. While an undertaken
adj done his best to make the mangied
ace more slightly it was O diff cult task.
'ome hours after hat Engel's body lay in
tate in his old home beside the suicide.
hundreds of friends of the dead men filed
nto and out Of the little shop and
ook a last look at the remains.
IVA Muller, too, sat beside the casket
,hich held all that remained on earth Of
er lover. Her face was pale as death. and
be sobbed convulsively as sympathizing
riends filed in and out. Further up the
venue is another undertaker's shop.
here the bodies Of Spies, Parsons and
fischer were cared for. Mrs. Parsons was